They were known to most of us as “non-revenue” sports – or, worse, “minor” sports — until somebody came up with the great idea of calling them “Olympic sports.”

The Oly term has become widely accepted on college campuses for the past decade or so when discussing track and field, soccer, swimming, gymnastics, wrestling, volleyball, etc. Bravo. Athletes in those sports generally put in the same hours and work just as hard as their counterparts in football and basketball, in some cases harder. Read more…